devirginate

English

Etymology

Latin dēvirginātus.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /diːˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒɪneɪt/

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• (adjective) IPA^(key): /diːˈvɜː(ɹ)dʒɪnət/

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Verb

devirginate (third-person singular simple present devirginates, present participle devirginating, simple past and past participle devirginated)

1. To deprive of virginity; to deflower.
   • 1552, Bartolomé de las Casas, “Chapter 11”, in A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies:

     a profligate Christian attempted to devirginate a Maid, but the Mother being present, resisted him, and endeavouring to free her from his intended Rape, whereat the Spaniard enrag'd, cut off her Hand with a short Sword, and stab'd the Virgin in several places, till she Expir'd

   • 1621-1626, George Sandys, Metamorphoses

     once a maid , then called Cænis and devirginated by Neptune

Derived terms

• indevirginate

 

Translations

deflower — see deflower

Adjective

devirginate (not comparable)

1. Deprived of virginity.

Anagrams

• denigrative

Latin

Verb

dēvirgināte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of dēvirginō